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1994 Frances Henne/VOYA/YALSA Research Grant recipients announced
Kathy Latrobe and Michael Havener, faculty members in the School
of Library and Information Science at the University of Oklahoma
in Norman, are the 1994 recipients of the Frances Henne/Voices
of Youth Advocates (VOYA)/Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA) Research Grant.
The $500 grant, donated by VOYA, provides seed money for small
scale projects which will encourage significant research that
will have an influence on library services to young adults.
Latrobe and Havener received the grant for their proposal titled
"An Exploratory Study of the Information Seeking Behavior of High
School Honors Students." Their research will be conducted as a
case study of a group of high school students in Norman, Okla.
Members of the YALSA Research Committee that selected the grant
recipients were: Keith Swigger, chair; Phyllis D. Fisher, Donald
J. Kenney, Elizabeth Lasley, Joy L. Lowe, Judith Rodriguez and
Ellen C. Thompson.
Applications for the 1995 grant are available from: YALSA, 50 E.
Huron, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4390.
YALSA is a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
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